Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this

wasn’t exactly peaceful heading into your apartment, which

a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood, Roger just shakes his head and goes

the investigators.

Cora continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 –

I say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my

brought in his team of investigators – the ones who were working on the question of the

wanted to…clear you.

me?” Cora

mouth pulling into

the house. Rafe flinches and

al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to be thorough, and you were the last one who we know had the sample! It makes sense, from

After everything!” Cora says,

rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were

then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I remember from our childhood

I would never hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as it is

her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing to

Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators –

she understands. “Okay,” she says,

back to that day,” Sinclair says, his hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember

everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked? I told you everything I know.”

take both of

“Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do

to do

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